DateTime.UtcNow Property

Gets a DateTime object that is set to the current date and time on this computer, expressed as the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

public:
static property DateTime UtcNow {
	DateTime get ();
}
/** @property */
public static DateTime get_UtcNow ()

public static function get UtcNow () : DateTime

Not applicable.

Property Value

A DateTime whose value is the current UTC date and time.

The resolution of this property depends on the system timer.

System

Approximate Resolution

Windows NT 3.5 and later

10 milliseconds

Windows 98

55 milliseconds

Starting with the .NET Framework version 2.0, the return value is a DateTime whose Kind property returns DateTimeKind.Utc.

An alternative to using UtcNow is UtcNow. While the former indicates that a date and time value is Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) by assigning DateTimeKind.Utc to its Kind property, the latter assigns the date and time value the UTC time's offset (equal to Zero).

Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC, Windows Mobile 2003 for Smartphone, Windows CE Platform Note: In Windows CE, time is specific only to the second. You can get a more precise time span measurement, for example, in milliseconds, by using the TickCount property.

The following code example uses the SpecifyKind method to demonstrate how the Kind property influences the ToLocalTime and ToUniversalTime conversion methods.

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows CE, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 2.0, 1.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: 1.0

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